Sterilizer for barbers&#39; use.



. PATENTED JUNE 6, 1905.

1 L.A0.BAU13R.- :STERILIZER FOR BARBERS USB.

- APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16, 1904.

ouali f B1 UNITED )STATES Patented June 6, 1905.`

PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST O. BAUER, OE VALATIE, NEW YORK.

S'ILERlLlZER FOR BARBERS USE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 791,862, dated June 6,1905.

Application tiled January 16, 1904. Serial No. 189,290.

To all whom it may concern.: Y l

Be it known that I, ERNEST O. BAUER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Valatie, in the county of Columbia and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Sterilizers for BarbersUse, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates toanapparatus operated by any suitable source ofheat and adapted for use for heating Water for barbers, sterilizingrazors, heating curling-irons, &c.; and it consists in the novelcombinations of parts hereinafter described, and set forth in the claim.

The objects and advantages of these improvements will be clearlyunderstood by this description when taken in connection with thedrawings, in one sheet, and forming a part of this specification, inwhich- Figure l is a plan of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection taken at line 1 in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectiontaken at line 2 in Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a section taken at line 3 inFig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughouttheseveral views.

In the drawings, Ais the heater, madewith any suitable form anddimensions found to be adapted for several general lpurposes for use bybarbers. This vessel A is preferably made of sheet metal coated withnickel or with enamel produced from mineral substances for preventingcorroding of surfaces and for cleanliness of surfaces. The upper end ofthis heater A is provided with opening A for receiving a Water vesselfor containing water to be kept heated. The top opening A of this heateris provided with annular horizontal flange a and annular vertical flangea', suitably connected with the upper end of wall a2, and serves as aguard for holding handles of razors off from contact with the wall ofthe heater when the blades of the same are suspended in thewater-heating vessel E. Below said ange a are provided one or moreseries of perforations a3 for passage of the products of combustion fromthe source of heat which may be used in this apparatus, and in thellower portion of wall a2 of this heater is provided a series ofperforations for admission of airfor support of combustion ofthecornbustiblev material which may be employed asa source of heat.

A3 is a suitable door having handle a5 provided in the lower part of thevwall of this heater A for ready access to the lower portion a of thechamber of the same for introducing a spirit-lamp B or other lamp or forlighting a gas-burner, as may be required, for producing heat. I atpresent prefer to employ a spirit-lamp, as shown, for burningWood-alcohol, which liquid fuel is preferred because the combustion ofthat fluid is unattended by smoke and is comparatively odorless andinoffensive C is a perforation provided in Wall a2 at any suitable pointtherein opposite the lower portion of the chamber containing the lamp Band at a pointY in said Wall which is relatively above the wick tube ortubes I) for introduction of a curling -iron C, required to be heated.Opposite from said perforation C and suitably supported from oppositewall portion of heater A is a bracket C2 for rsup port of the outer end@of said instrument. I at present prefer to provide said bracket C2with'suitable loop o for receiving the outer ends c of the curling-ironfor preventing the body portion of the same being lifted upward fromsaid bracket by preponderance of 'weight of its outside handle or fromother causes.

This heater A is also provided on its outer side of wall a2 at a placeabout midway between its top and bottom with asocket from bracket Dsecurely xed on said wall, preferably by rivets, and adapted to receivefrom its lower end d. the tongue d2 of the removable ring-form handleD', by which this apparatus may be lifted and carried. By this provisionof the detachable handle D and socket-form bracket D the-handle may bev'readily removed from heater A while the apparatus is in place on atable or other support, and thereby be preserved cool and ready to beused and out of the way as a projection. This handle may be readilyplaced in said socketform bracket for service as a lifting device forcarrying the apparatus.

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The lamp B is preferably provided with a square-formbase-.piece B,`while the bottom of the heater is provided with. Ways b for guiding thelamp when being introduced or removed and for holding the same securefrom shilfting or tipping and yet be readily removab e.

E is Water-heating vessel, preferably cylindrical and made of sheetmetal coated with suitable material for cleanliness and with a diametersmaller than that of the heater A,v

so as to nicely tit opening Al of the same, and its bottom E' ispreferably concave from its lower side. An annular 'bead e, projectedoutwardly from the wall e of this vessel E, seats down on the annularange. a o-fupper end of theheater A. A cover E2 isprovided andhinged onthe upper end of'vessel E with its annular flange ezclosing all aroundonthe upper end of walls e of the vessel, so that but little or anyvapor may escape from saidves- Betweenthe upper portion of .the wall aof heater A and the 4wall e of `vessel E is annular :Hu-e E3, extendingu-pwardfrom the concave bottom E of this latterlvessel when in place, inwhich Hue the products of combustion nuovev and circulateincontact-withzthe Walle of the said vessel.

This apparatus'is: adapted for use ofbarbers for quickly heating andkeepingl heated water for sterilizing the blades of razorsand at theSametime holding curling-irons suitably between the flame of the lampand the bottom tion.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

A sterilizer comprising an outer casing formed with openings near thetop and bottorn, a flange-extending inwardly from the casing,- a.heating vessel withinthe casing and supported bythe Hangs,` the vesselextending a razor or like, the upperfedge of the casing forming alguidefor the handle'of said razor, a heating medium in the casing belowthevessel, a support within the casingbelow the vessel,:and inalinernenftiwith an-opening in the casing, the support and openingforming a holder for anar-ticle between the heating medium and thebottom of the vessel, substantially as described.

ERNEST O. BAUER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES SELKIRK, CHAs. =R. 'SELKIRK above=the.ange .andforminga supportfor

